I just recently listened to Pink Floyd (deliberately) for the first time in nearly 20 years.
I used to be a huge Pink Floyd fan, and then I went to a Roger Waters concert. I was in a large group of 10-15 people, all good friends.
In retrospect, I should have seen what was coming, but...I didn’t.
It turned into a 3 hour political audiovisual tirade against all things conservative and Israel, with some music mixed in. It looked like Code Pink put together the slide and video shows they had going on.
I didn’t want to ruin the evening for the people I went with, but I was steaming mad. I grit my teeth and sat there. At the end of the “concert”, they released a 40 foot high ballon of a pig with “F*ck Bush” on one side and “Vote Democrat” on the other.
I had been unable to listen to any Pink Floyd music since then. It STILL pisses me off.
I had been unable to listen to any Pink Floyd music since then.
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I think that you are confusing Roger Waters with Pink Floyd... even the rest of the group was sick of him. I attended a David Gilmour concert a few years ago. He’s a lefty but none of that was evident at a concert... just good music.